Auto-body.



' 1. LAWRENCE AND o. o. WHHTON.

AUTO BODY.

4APPLICAUON ,FILED FEB', 2o. 191s.

' Patented. sept. 16, 1919.

2 SHEETS-SHEET l.

1. LAWRENCE AND o. c. WHHTON.

AUTO BODY.

APPLICATION HLED FEB. 20. |918.

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brackets secured upon through the body of JOHN' LAWRENCE, OF SAMFORDYCE, AND ORVIL C. WHITTON,

OF ROGRANDE, TEXAS.

AUTO-BODY.

Specification of Letters Patent.'

Patented Sept. 16, 1919.

Application ed February 20, 1918. Serial No. 21Se?.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, Join' LAwnENon and Ouvin C. \Vnrrrox, citizens of the United States, residing at. Samfordyce and Riogrande, in thel counties ot' Hidalgo and Starr and State ot Texas, have invente and useful Improvement-s in Autogiew h Bodies, of which the following 1s a specitication.

This invention relates to improvements in vehicle bodies and aims to provide means for converting a motor vehicle body ot the touring type into a convenient. and comt'ort-v surface. provision `being made for support.-

iug the back ot the front seat in horizontal alinement to further lengthen the surface and provide a comfortable, bed.

The invention also resides in the novel form oi supporting the back of the front seat.- and the extended section of the rear seat cushion, the former including pivoted the side Valls of the vehicle and the latter rods` which are slidably mounted beneath lthe rear seat and eugageable with the back ot' the front seat.

1n the, d awingsz Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view a motor vehicle of the five passenger type. the cushions being arranged in the manner ordinarily used in touring;

Fig. 2 is a similar view with the cushions arranged as a bed;

Fig.A 3 is a plan view with the cushion in a position shown in Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 2 showin?. the arrangement of the cushions in a seven passenger vehicle; and

Fig. 5 is a cross sectional view through the extensible bar used for supporting the cushions when arranged, as shown in Fig. 4.

Referring to Figs. 1 to 3 of the drawings, thereV is illustrated a vehicle body of the five passenger type, the front seat of which is shown at 10 and the rear seat at 11.

- These seats are arranged in the usual manner and when the veliicle is used for touring. their appearance is similar to that of the usual cars of this troc.

It is the object. ot' t?.` invention however to quickly and conveniently convert the vehicle into a sleeping compartment or bed and for this purpose the trout' seat is provided with a removable back section 1T, each side edge of' which is provided with a tongue 13, which is adapted to engage a groove 1+ formed in cach side of the seat 10. This tongue and groove is preferably of dove-tail formation so as to more securely hold the back section 1Q in position.

The section 12 is adapted to be removably placed in tront ot' the t'ront edge ot the cushion ot' the seat 10. and when in this position its top surface will be in alinement with the top surface of the said cushion. For the purpose ot' supporting the section 12 in this position brackets 15 are hingedly secured uponv the opposite side walls ot the vehicle body in a manner to permit of their being swung out ot the way when not in use. These brackets are provided with npstanding studs 1T, each of which is adapte to engagev an o ening 1S formed in the rear wall ot the baci ot' the front seat;

The seat' cushion 'of the rear seat 11 is formed ot two sections 19 and Q0, which-are joined together along their edges as slrewn at. 21, enabling the section '20 to beA folded upon the section 19 when used as a seat. liif'hen used as a bed the section 20 is swung outward to occupy the intervening space be tween the fr it and rear sea-ts and is held in horizontal aline-ment with said seats by means of rods which are slidable in grooves 23 beneath the rear seat and are adapted to have their outer ends engaged in notches 23: provided in the back of the front seat 10.

When the cushions are arranged as shown in Fig. 1, they provide the ordinary seats of a vehicle ot' this type, while when arranged as shown in Figs. 2 and 3 they form a convenient, and eo1i1t i1'table bed. the meansprovided for supporting the cushions in the latter position requiring the minimum amount of time and labor for their adjustment.

1n the form of the invention shown in Fig. 4 the eXtra space between the front and rear seats in the car of the seven passenger type is provided for by arranging the back section 12 of the front seat between dao . the section 20 of the rear seat cushion and the back of the front seat as shown. For this purpose extensiblel rods 25 are substituted for the rods 22. These rods 25 may be of any suitable construction, but it is v preferred that they be constructed after the manner of the extension bars of a table, the cross section of which is shown in Fig. 5. It is not the purpose of the invention however to limit the bars to this particular construction, as other forms equally well adapted for the purpose may be substituted.

Having described the invention, what is claimed is A vehicle proviled with spaced alined front and rear seats, a removable back for the front seat, means for supporting said back in horizontal alinement with the front `seat, a double cushion for the rear seat, the

two parts of said cushion being connected along one longitudinal edge to permit of one part being swung outwardly to a position between the front and rear seats and rods slidable beneath the rear seat and engageable with notches in the base 'of the front seat to .support the outwardly swung portion of the cushion. f

In testimony whereof We aliX our signatures.

JOHN LAWRENCE. oRvIL o. WHITToN. 

